The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-08-18
TorEy's Lucky widow.

There isa long and curious story be-
hlhu the announcement made, with n
good deal of sensational flourish, that a
fortune of $7.000,0OO has been left to
Mrs. Kate Louise Terry by her late bus,
pand, Ivan Petro Terry, who died in
rarls, where the lucky widow is still
living. The $7,00O,O0O will probably
pe cut down a good deal, but il the for
tune reaches half that sum Mrs. Terry
is an eXtraordinarily fortunate woman.
VI Ine lady the Hartford Times saws:
ner nc up. to the present time, if ac-
curate!y depicted in novel, would
mako interesting reading Kate Louise
norman Cher maiden nancy cnmo
hlther from England in childhood with
nor iatneI. VINO settled in BROOKLYN.
eno eventually became Judge there
oho Is now ABOUT ~ years of age, hand.
has good deal Of dash in IL IL os sn"s
to her good looks and hor STYLE that sh@ "%o
owed her courtroom marriage to Ivam
2. Terry. Before that she had been tha
wife of the notorious bank burglar
Charley Bullard, who is now said 10 he
serving long term of Imprisonment in
Belgium. The marriage TO Bullard took
place in England, where she was visit
ing, when she was about 16 years old.
Bullard then went by the name of
Charles Wells. He was Il smart fellow,
with fine address and plenty of spend
ing money, and the girl he married
knew nothing about his real character.
lie took her to Paris, where he opened
| a sort of American bar-room on Il
snowy scale, and installed his pretty
Young wife as cashier. She naturally
attracted good deal of notice, aud the
venture prospcrcd for a while. Bullard
gave it up, however, and brought his
wife to New York. 1t was then sno
found out who and what he was.
Another wife soon turned up, and tho
couple separated, never to meet again.
The second wife took her two children
| and went off on her own account. How
she lived till she met Terry does not
appear to be known. IIo was the son
of a millionaire sugar-plantcr III Cuba,
| and had made some money himself
They were married without any loss of
time, but the subsequent proceedings
were not entirely harmon ious. A num-
Der of little unpleasantnesses occurred,
and led up finally to a policc-court SEN
sation. Mrs. Terry Was of q decidedly
jealous turn, and once on going through
hor husbands pockets, after tho manner
| of wideawake wives, she found gush-
ing letter from young woman explain
ing why certain appointment was not
kept. 1t is needless to say that the let
tor did not improve Mrs Terry'S state
of mind. After thinking q while she
set trap for the young woman, and
caught her in it. Then she called on
her at her home to give her talking
to, and got turned out for her pains.
That warmed her up still more, and her
next step was to make 4 charge against
the young woman Of approprialing ccr-
tain money that she said she missed.
Then came the polcc-court sensation,
III which the two women played prom
inent parts, and which The reporters
had a fine time writing up. After d
great deal of wrangling the charge was
dismissed, and the second woman, &;
Miss Atwood, soon after rctaliatcd by
suing Mrs Terry for slandcr Sh,
claimed $4,000 damages, and jury
awarded her $500. but rs Mrs. Terry
had no property in her name to levy OF
the Judgment is still unpaid. Miss At
wood will try pretty hard to collect i
when Mrs. Terry returns to New Yori
rs n millionaire widow, If she docs TO
turn. Her husbands will has been re
ceivcd there for probate, and shc viii
probably follow it. The unborn chile
ID expected next month